Value of high-frequency color Doppler ultrasound in malignant tumor of parotid gland / 中华超声影像学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the value of high frequency color Doppler ultrasound in diagnosis of malignant tumor in the parotid gland.Methods High frequency ultrasound was used to observe shape and internal echo texture of tumor,color Doppler flow imaging(CDFI) was added to observe blood flow signal,peak systolic velocity(PSV) and resistance index(RI) were measured by pulsed wave Doppler, and lymphonodus around parotid gland were examined.Results The features of ultrasonography included round,lobulated and irregular shape.Three types of boundary were clear but not smooth,unclear,irregular and invasive.Internal echo texture included low and irregualr echo,cystic echo,spot like and intensive echo,honey comb like echo.CDFI showed spet like,stick like blood flow signal.PSV and RI were 4.6 17.5 cm/s,and 0.69 1.14 .Eight cases were misdiagnosed for benign tumor,the correspondent rate was 87.1% .Conclusions The high frequency ultrasonogram of malignant tumor in the parotid gland were similar and specific,adding the CDFI,PSV,RI and lymphonodus examination around the parotid gland may help to improve the diagnostic accuracy.